Before (end of 1981) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Labour 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 0
Ward results
Calder1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| Malik M. | Labour | 746 |
| S. Nightingale | Lib/Sdp | 203 |
| G. Chadwick | Conservative | 139 |
Calder Valley1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| J. Round | Lib/Sdp | 1,715 |
| R Greenwood | Conservative | 1,178 |
| J. Winstanley | Labour | 1,028 |
Elland1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| G. Butler | Lib/Sdp | 1,563 |
| A. Rivett | Labour | 944 |
| W. Ramsden | Independent | 688 |
Greetland & Stainland1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| D. Shutt | Lib/Sdp | 2,030 |
| B. Wheelwright | Conservative | 951 |
| J. Dodds | Labour | 498 |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe2 seats · turnout 43.5%
| W. Sharp | Conservative | 1,635 |
| B. Woodward | Conservative | 1,597 |
| G. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,009 |
| H. Watkinson | Lib/Sdp | 876 |
| D. Pye | Labour | 817 |
| A. Crabtree | Labour | 721 |
Illingworth1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| M. Kneafsey | Labour | 1,283 |
| D. Hallam | Lib/Sdp | 681 |
| J. Durkin | Conservative | 639 |
Luddendenfoot1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| A. Pettengell | Labour | 1,394 |
| J Lomas | Conservative | 1,325 |
| B. Godfrey | Lib/Sdp | 948 |
Mixenden1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| G. Hall | Labour | 1,441 |
| R. Deadman | Ind All | 684 |
| P. Bell | Conservative | 606 |
Northowram and Shelf1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| J. Bradley | Conservative | 1,731 |
| D. Thompson | Labour | 880 |
| M. Greenwood | Lib/Sdp | 723 |
Ovenden1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| J. Thelwell | Labour | 1,359 |
| L. Pearson | Lib/Sdp | 645 |
| J. Moore | Conservative | 459 |
Rastrick1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| P. Hardcastle | Conservative | 1,483 |
| P. Binns | Lib/Sdp | 1,384 |
| D. Anderson | Labour | 653 |
Ryburn1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| G. Midgley | Conservative | 1,776 |
| O. Clothier | Labour | 985 |
| C. Lythgoe | Lib/Sdp | 651 |
Skircoat1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| A. Culpan | Conservative | 2,001 |
| D. Osborne | Lib/Sdp | 1,537 |
| J. Jordan | Labour | 492 |
Sowerby Bridge1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| Judy Gannon | Labour | 984 ✓ |
| J. Sutcliffe | Conservative | 980 |
| G. Dyson | Lib/Sdp | 926 |
| E. Godfrey | Independent | 262 |
Todmorden1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| D. Chaytor | Labour | 1,440 |
| H. Tootell | Conservative | 1,404 |
| A. Dickinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,388 |
Town1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| A. Mahon | Labour | 1,344 |
| G. Webb | Conservative | 1,162 |
| C. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 807 |
